The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Monday, September 30, 2013

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

六四异见人士顾义民“煽颠”案常熟开庭 (June Fourth dissident Gu Yimin on trial for “inciting subversion of state power”)
British Broadcasting Corporation, September 29, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/09/130929_china_dissident_tiananmen.shtml

Chinese court tries man who planned Tiananmen protest
Agence France-Presse, September 29, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/29/chinese-court-tries-man-who-planned-tiananmen-protest/

For more information on Gu Yimin, see:
Jiangsu citizen Gu Yimin to be tried for “inciting subversion of state power”
Human Rights in China, September 27, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6940
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6941